Show NEWS SUMMARY railroad nail roid in the southern Bon thern bal halt of texas was abandoned several days day last week wed on account count ic of wo wit bouts united states sub consul kneipp ai n nelson B C has resigned ile he has been only three at his post there ore are men at work on the th panama canal and progress sai is i being made m de though slowly io in constructing the waterway I 1 the first cherries from california w were ere shipped from Va jacaville vacaville caville april apri 8 to porter cros bros chicago the tha clr arst st shipment Is ten days earlier this season than last the war department it is understood lies lias received it proposition from the inventor ol of announcing his will ingress to sell to uio the government tile the right to manufacture the explosive for th the kerlin correspondent of london daily news asserts that the Ke Rei ichman climan who is credited with having led the boers at Korn is certainly the american military capt carl the railroads have prepared a statement showing that cars of citrus fruits bave been shipped from california this season there are am still about cars 0 of oranges and 1000 of lemons to be chipped judge cantrill Can crill at frankfort ky lias has forbidden the local newspaperman to send out the names of witnesses wit who are called to testify in tile the goebel case or to speculate upon the abo nature of the evidence given delegations continue to diya contracts for quarters at al the different hotels in kansas cansas city one of the leading hotels has bas closed a contract negotiated by senator dark clark for fifteen members of the montana delegation capt james G green now in command of the naval station in havana ile will be relieved of that post by I 1 lacut u rit commander lucien young at present captain of the port at havana capt green is relieved at his own request while a priest was administering the last sacrament to it a dying man in the alie presence of his relatives at Corr comma nua spain tile the floor of 0 tho the room collapsed an and d the dying daia man and four others were killed and fourteen were injured A handsome young woman giving the name of helen gray and her ter homo home as salem ore attempted to commit suicide in golden gate park san francisco b by y taking tailing poison the youn young lady later said her homo home was indianapolis ind representative levy of new york has introduced a resolution requesting tile the president to direct the commis lioner general of the paris exposition to render a detailed account of ills his expenditures tures amounting to accounted for by him under the head of miscellaneous the big spanish cannon captured by admiral dewey at manila which is is m mounted in the park at charleston W V va was discharged by unknown persons last week the report was heard all over the city the cannon ivas knocked from its foundations completely wrecking the carriage the naval authorities are exasperated over tb the delay adelay in completing the cruiser albany at tile tho armstron armstrong works at elswick where her officers and crew have been tor for the last two weeks the grin principal cipal trouble has been due to the steam heating which is something practically unknown to foreign warship builders james lewis in a letter to secretary thomas maloney of the democratic state central committee of washington just made public declines in advance tho the nomination by the democrats next fall for congress or for governor govermor the house committee on territories has reported a bill disapproving the action of new mexico in creating mckinley county on the ground that the locality lacked the population and the business to warrant county organization J albert merritt aged 60 66 one of 0 the most successful dry goods merchants in 11 kingston ingston N Y in a fit of temporary shot his mother through the bead and then shot himself dying instantly st gt it is ia thought mrs merritt will dle die the impression prevails in official circles that general otis is not looking for Agul aguinaldo oaldo very earnestly A certain filipino element would demand his execution while another element might foster an uprising if he were not liberated the semiofficial semi official perliner berliner post in an article evidently inspired charges the berlin correspondent of tile the r london d times with having systematically a and od maliciously misrepresented facts regarding Germ germanas germanys anys attitude altitude toward england formal orders have been issued by secretary root directing tho the detachment of briggen brig gen ludlow from the command of the city of havana and assigning britz briar gen lee to command the new department of havana and pinar Pi del rio portland or republicans Republic anis have nominated 11 S rowe for mayor rowe I 1 la a at present chairman of the board 0 of firo fire commissioners of that city and for several years was wa general superintendent of the oregon railway kill way fc nav fi gation 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